From the company who pioneered the first Wi-Fi based hand-held instant messaging (IM) device, Zipit Wireless, Inc. announced today it will begin offering Zipit Wireless Messenger 2 (Z2) users the ability to send and receive SMS text messages beginning December 20. The Z2 brings together IM and SMS text messaging into one sleek device giving

HourDoc.com now Uses SMS Text Messaging to track employee time. This new technology will assist companies in tracking their mobile employees and those who work numerous locations and save time and money when clocking in using a cell phone. When an employee clocks in via their cell phone, they essentially call the HourDoc system and send a basic text message. The text messages are commands for the ...

ShoutOUT TXT is a new app for the iPhone [iTunes link] that lets you dictate text messages to your iPhone and send them just as you would with regular SMS text messaging. You set up an account and text away, using your existing contact list, or entering any phone number that can be texted. After a quick setup, I could see that the voice recognition was pretty good. The app is U.S. $0.99 and you ge...

Cincinnati Bell Inc., in its continuing tradition of launching new and innovative products and services, today introduced the Smart Home Phone, a cutting-edge device that allows customers to send and receive SMS text messages, review a list of their voicemail entries, play or delete them in any order, and even read them as text messages. Cincinnati Bell is the first carrier in the country to make ...

At issue is whether text messages sent on an employee's government-owned device can remain private.

We were stoked to hear that Apple finally decided to bring the SMS text message interface up to par with every other text messaging application on market. The iPhone v1.1.3 firmware added multiple-contact support for SMS text messaging - allowing you to send the same text message to multiple recipients, without having to tap out a new message for each individual contact. Not to mention WebClips an

Looks like Canada isn't the only country out there getting kisses from Cleo. According to documents recently filed with the FCC, the sassy cellphone looks set to emerge Stateside on Verizon with the decidedly unsassy designation U440. Will the stylish phone -- with its full QWERTY keyboard, 1.3 megapixel camera, A2DP stereo Bluetooth, threaded SMS text messaging and up to 8GB storage -- make ...

It's one thing for a wireless operator to encourage its subscribers to use SMS text messaging services - the most profitable of wireless services, afterall. But, it's a completely different (wrong) thing for a wireless provider to force its customer to accept incoming SMS text messages and consequently pay for them. It's unfortunate, but in the US, we get docked for every incoming SMS text message

Google Labs has added the ability to send and receive SMS text messages from Gmail. The Google Gmail Blog says, "It combines the best parts of IM and texting: you chat from the comfort of your computer, and your friends can peck out replies on their little keyboards." Gmail users can also  can turn on text messaging for chat. Currently the SMS feature is only for cell phones in the United Sta...

If you haven't already done so, you may want to consider updating your iPhone to a jailbroken v1.1.3 firmware. Whether you're already rocking the new iPhone v1.1.3, or you are still playing with v1.1.1 or v1.1.2 firmwares (jailbroken or not), you can find instructions on how to upgrade to a jailbroken iPhone v1.1.3 here. Then, after you update, you may notice that some SMS text messages appear